Where’s the Ammo?

     Today, I heard one of my roommates running around like a hellion doing who knows what. The first thing that ran through my mind is that they would most certainly get the “Most Frantic” award in N64 Goldeneye multiplay. It occurred to me that it might be funny to label some of my friends by [...]

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Hero of the Month – December 2009

This Month’s Hero: Carl “CJ” Johnson      This is actually a very long overdue tribute to one of my favorite video game characters. Carl is the protagonist from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. After approximately one million hours of actual playtime, I feel like I’ve gotten to know CJ pretty well. For a short sum up [...]

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Clint’s Strange Dreams® #2

     Here we are for my second strange remembered dream. This one involves the game Viva Piñata: Classic. It is a children’s game where the object is to attract various piñata species (yes, animal piñatas) and breed them, produce various goods with them, let them be food for other piñatas or to just let them sit [...]

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Hiatus II, Explanation of

     Yes, the time has come for yet another hiatus explanation. As you may remember, there was a previous hiatus explanation about the destruction of a video game and my subsequent descent into madness. Fortunately I shook that spiral of self-destruction by finding an appropriate outlet for my anger: Punching random strangers in the face. Unfortunately [...]

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Hiatus, Explanation of

     To our vast readership: I’m back bitches.      Using my favorite site, the Enduring Vision, as a guide, I feel it necessary to provide an explanation for my long hiatus from postation. Recently, my life has lost direction, but even more recently, I was the victim of a tragedy so horrible that I totally hit bottom. [...]

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The Bejeweled 2 Demo Conspiracy

The only game that my Motorola Razr comes preloaded with is a demo version of Bejeweled 2. You can only play the first level, and sometimes that only lasts like one move. In my vast experience with the game, spanning two cell phones and countless hours of play, I have never beaten the high score [...]

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It’s Like Splinter Cell…With The King

Burger King and Xbox 360 team up to provide you with the game “Sneak King” which can be purchased for $3.99 with a Burker King value meal starting November 19th. “Use cunning stealth to sneak up behind unsuspecting people and bestow them with a delicious meal.” Finally, all of my dreams of being The King [...]

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Video Games Based on Classic Novels: Volume I

We’re starting a new series here at Ranty McRanterson, entitled Video Games Based on Classic Novels. The first installment of this series is about the Xbox Live Arcade game, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. It is a little known fact that this game is actually a futuristic portrayal of John Steinbeck’s classic, The Grapes of Wrath. [...]

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Duck Hunt, etc.

I am not a huge gamer, nor have I owned a “console” since nintendo. However, this must be the best page currently on the web Listen: Matt Pond PA, “So Much Trouble” Quote: “you bet your ass his mind is working on a rich tapestry of insults” – Clint, 2 posts ago describing Matt

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